Photography

Photography

My Mother passed a multitude of qualities and hobbies down my way. Things like getting unnecessarily angry when the yolk breaks while cooking eggs over-easy, a love of running (especially when injured). Oh, and Photography!

I received my first camera as a Christmas present in 2002 during my Freshmen year of High School. Which I had told my parents I needed to take great photos, but was really so I could send pics to the internet girlfriend I met playing Starcraft. {AoG}Stephanie, if you’re out there anywhere hmu.

I was ahead of the online dating game by years!

We eventually broke up due to a lack of connection (my internet was out for almost 2 weeks) and I began taking photos of my beloved hometown of San Antonio. Unfortunately, the camera was a Kodak EasyShare and it packed a whopping 1mp camera. Nobody told me that isn’t what the pros used, so I gave up after taking crappy photos in bad lighting…until 2014.

I was finally able to land a real woman, and purchased myself a Canon T3i to take photos of my family. I slowly began falling back in love with photography (and with the help of Flipboard and Youtube) and have managed to turn myself into a pretty decent photographer. Below, you’ll find some of my favorite photos of my travels around the West Coast and my most popular Instagram photos where my 13k followers tell me I am pretty awesome!

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About me

My name is Mark Grado and I enjoy staying up late at night to pursue my lifelong dream of playing on the computer while listening to music. I put in major work as a Designer too, which is why you're here. My clients? Samsung, Toyota, Whataburger, Nike, Urban Dictionary, and Microsoft are just a few of the companies with products I enjoy. I've even worked for a couple of them!

Will we work well together? Of course! As long as you're a cool person that wants to modernize your brand, increase your site's conversion rates, revamp your apps UI/UX, or just get some cool posters made.

I primarily work after 830pm because I'm the #1 Dad (my mousepad says so) and that's when my kids go to bed. I don't miss deadlines, and I don't take jobs I'm not 100% sure I'm the best designer for. Thanks for reading this far, and let's get started on making you some more cash!

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